OF STORMS BUT THAT'S TRADITION ISN'T IT. YOU'RE WATCHING "LIVE IN THE D." TIME NOW TO TALK TO OUR PROFESSIONALS ABOUT SOME OF THE STORIES THAT HAVE PEOPLE TALKING OVER THE WEEKEND AND AS THE START OF OUR WORKWEEK. JOINING US TODAY THE DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR NONPROFIT ENTERPRISE ALSO KNOWN AS NEW. PETE THOMAS MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER AUTHOR, FORMER CONTESTANT ON NBC'S BIGGEST LOSER AND THE CO-OWNER OF AMERICAN CONE EYE ISLAND IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT -- COVE CONEY ISLAND IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT. CRAZY FIREWORKS. SOME INTERESTING TOPICS. LET'S START WITH HOT TOPIC NUMBER ONE. THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN ARE BEING ILLEGALLY SENT ACROSS THE BORDER WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS SEEKING REFUGE IN THE U.S. AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES ARE REALLY FORCED TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF CARING FOR THOSE KIDS. NOW THE QUESTION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING IS SHOULD THEY BE ALLOWED TO STAY, SHOULD THEY BE DEPORTED. WE'RE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE CHILDREN HERE. LET'S START WITH YOU? THEY SHOULD NOT BE DEPORTED. INITIALLY I WONDERED LIKE HOW ARE THESE BABIES BECAUSE THIS WHOLE PIECE IS REALLY ABOUT KIDS UNDER 2. SO YOU KNOW, FORMLA, DIAPERS AND THAT SORT OF THING AND JUST THE LOVING YOU KNOW CARE THAT THEY NEED WAS REALLY WHAT THE CHALLENGE WAS. I LATER FIGURED OUT THAT THEY'RE COMING WITH OLDER SIBLINGS AND THEY'RE BEING REUNITED WITH THEIR PARENTS HERE IN THE STATES. I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT IT. I THINK WE OUGHT TO DIG DEEP TO FIND WAYS TO FIND THE CASH. FRANKLY, EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY IS AN IMMIGRANT SO LET'S FIGURE OUT A WAY TO WELCOME THEM IN. PETE, IF WE ALLOW THEM TO STAY, AREN'T YOU JUST INVITING ANOTHER FLOOD. YOU ARE. THERE HAVE TO BE POLICY CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE IT. CHILDREN THAT ARE ALREADY HERE YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. BUT THERE HAS TO BE SOME TYPE OF POLICY CHANGE. OTHERWISE, I MEAN, JAN BREWER OF COURSE DOWN IN TEXAS THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR YEARS THAT THE SOUTHERN BORDER BE SECURED. THEY'RE HERE YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. BELIEVE WHAT YOU DO TO THE LEAST OF THESE SO WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN BUT WE HAVE TO STOP THIS IN SOME BAY THAT WILL REQUIRE SOME TYPE OF POLICY CHANGES ABOVE MY INTELLIGENCE LEVEL. BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN ALLOW IT TO KEEP GOING FORWARD. GRACE, IT'S EASY FOR US TO TALK ABOUT IT HERE IN MICHIGAN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A FLOOD OF CANADIANS BUT WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THE FOLKS DOWN THERE FEEL. EVENTUALLY THEY'RE ALL MAKING THEIR WAY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER YOU FEEL FOR THE CHILDREN OF COURSE YOU DON'T WANT TO NOT ACCEPT THEM AND TAKE THEM BUT WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH. THERE'S PEOPLE THAT COME OVER HERE LEGALLY OR FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES AND OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO STAY IN THE COUNTRY. THEY'LL FINISH SCHOOL THEY HAVE 60 DAYS THIS VERY TO GET OUT. YET WE'RE ACCEPTING ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING OVER. WHAT ABOUT THOSE SPECIFICALLY THE CHILDREN WHEN I SAW THOSE PHOTOS OF THE LITTLE BABY WITH THE BOTTLE IT MAKES YOU -- IT IS HEARTBREAKING. YOU GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THEM DEFINITELY POLICY CHANGES. JUST ACCEPT ALL THE CHILDREN. BUT THEY'RE BEING REUNITED WITH THEIR PARENTS NOT. IN EVERY CASE. SOME OF THEM ARE BEING REUNITED WITH SOMEONE THEY MAY KNOW. OR WITH A FAMILY MEMBER. OFTENTIMES THOSE ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECONOMY THEY'RE WORKING THEY'RE HERE THEY HAVE COME TO SUBSTANTIAL AS MANY IMMIGRANTS DO A SAFE SPACE BEFORE THE KIDS GET HERE. I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE OPEN THE FLOODGATES BUT I DO THINK THERE'S VALUE IN REUNITING FAMILIES. WHAT ABOUT POLICY CHANGES AS THEY MENTIONED? I MEAN, I THINK THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE HIS EFFORT. WE KNOW THAT IMMIGRATION IS OUR BIG ISSUE. AND YEAH, SHOULD THERE WILL BE POLICY CHANGE, YES, AM I LEANING MORE ON THE LIBERAL SIDE OF THIS ABSOLUTELY BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS NOT CATTLE, YOU KNOW. OKAY. VERY GOOD. HOW ABOUT THIS GUY. WE ALL SAW HIS MUG EVERYWHERE HIS MUG SHOT WENT VIRAL HE'S SO PRETTY. HE'S ALSO A VIOLENT CRIMINAL. LOOK AT THOUGH EYES. HE'S A GANG MEMBER CHARGED ON FELONY WEAPONS CHARGES. WOMEN FORWARDING HIS PICTURE ON Facebook AND TWITTER. THEY FELL UNDER THE SPELL AND TALKED ABOUT HIS PIERCING BLUE EYES. AND HIS HIGH CHEEK BONES AND MADE HIM AN INTERNET SENSATION. WHAT DOES JEREMY MEEKS MUG SHOT AND HIS VIRAL FAME SAY ABOUT OUR SOCIETY? IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT LOOKS GOOD MAY NOT BE GOOD FOR YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. I LIKE THAT. HE'S DANGEROUS. YOU MAY BE SMILING IN YOUR FACE AND STABBING YOU IN THE BACK. I NEED TO NOT ONLY LOOK THE PART AND BE BUT THE PART. I NEED TO HAVE CHARACTER AND NOT JUST PRESENT AN IMAGE BECAUSE THIS GUY'S IMAGE IS STUNNING AT THE SAME TIME -- ISN'T IT UPSETTING TO SEE THESE PEOPLE REACTING I DON'T YEAH. IT'S FRUSTRATING. FIRST OF ALL I DON'T CARE WHAT THE PERSON WILL LOOK LIKE IF YOU SEE A MUG SHOT THERE'S A PROBLEM THERE, YOU'RE AN IDIOT DID YOU SOMETHING WRONG. IF YOU'RE ADMIRING HIM YOU GOT MORE PROBLEMS THAN HE DOES. THAT'S MY OPINION. I KNOW DID YOU SEE ANY OF OTHER PICTURES FLOATING AROUND ABOUT IM. HE DIDN'T LOOK SO GOOD IN THOSE PICTURES DID HE? NO, HE DIDN'T LOOK SO GOOD. WHAT DO YOU THINK. YOU'RE SMILING. SHE'S SWOONING. NO, NO NO, IF I HAVE SHALLOW TENDENCIES, TOO, I DO ADMIT. BUT IT'S A MUG SHOT. IT'S A MUG SHOT ACTUALLY THE DEEPER PART OF THIS STORY IS HIS WIFE AND HIS CHILDREN FOR ME YES, WE'RE SHALLOW WE DO THAT ALL THE TIME AND LET PEOPLE BEHAVE BADLY THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE HAVE ALL DONE. WE HAVE TO HOLD OUR FEET TO THE FIRE. THAT WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATED WAS HIS WIFE SAYING HERE YOU ARE SORT OF TRIVIALIZING THE FACT MY HUSBAND AND THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN HAS GONE AWAY AND THAT THEY THINK THAT HIS RAP SHEET, WHICH OFTEN HAPPENS HIS INFLUENCE THE WAY IN WHICH THE INFLUENCE ARE NOW TRACKING HIM AND PICKING HIM UP FOR THINGS. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER ALSO IT'S WEAPONS CHARGES HE HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN GUILTY YET. SO YET AGAIN ALTHOUGH WE'RE FOCUSED ON THIS SORT OF SUPERFICIAL PART OF HIS FOR ME IT REMINDS ME OF THE INJUSTICES OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MEN BEHAVE BADLY AND ARE AWAY FROM THEIR WIFE AND CHILDREN. NEXT HOT TOPIC DO WE HELP OUR LITTLE ONES WHEN WE ARE MILLIONAIRES. STING SAYS THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SHARE THEIR WEALTH THE WITH THEIR CHILDREN. THEY SAY IT CAN BE CORRUPTING THEY NEED TO EARN THEIR OWN DOLLARS. WE'LL START WITH YOU GRACE AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER YOU UNDERSTAND A LOT ABOUT DOLLARS AND HANDING THINGS DOWN. WHAT DO YOU THINK? NOTHING WAS EVER HANDED TO US. WE HAD TO LEARN THE VALUE OF A DOLLAR AS WE STILL DO. AND YET, SHOULD SOMETHING BE LEFT FOR THE GRANDCHILDREN ON THE WAY OR FOR YOU AFTER YOU TO GET A CERTAIN AGE AND YOU PROVE YOURSELF ABSOLUTELY. THERE WAS NEVER A TIME THAT WE DIDN'T LEARN DO THE CHORES IN THE HOUSE ALLOWANCE ARE YOU KIDDING ME? YOU DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO COME TO WORK. LET'S MAKE A BIG PICTURE YOUR DAD IS STING LITERALLY. AND HE'S YOU KNOW LIVING IN HIS MANSION. BUT HE GOT TO THAT POINT -- I AGREE. WORKING AND DOING WHAT HE DID IS THAT FINE TO DO THAT? TO NOT LEAVE THEM ANYTHING? HE SHOULD LEAVE THEM SOMETHING MAYBE ONCE THEY GET TO A CERTAIN AGE AND THEY PROVE THEY CANNOT I DON'T KNOW CAUSE ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE AND RUIN THEIR LIFE BY IT. WHAT DO YOU THINK, PETE? FOR ME, FIRST OF ALL WHEN I READ THE ARTICLE I SAID LORD I VOLUNTEER FOR THIS PROBLEM. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS ISSUE. BUT THEN MALCOLM GLADWELL TALKS BY THE IN HIS BOOK DAVID AND GOLIATHFUL WHEN YOU LOOK AT PSYCHOLOGY HAPPINESS AND MONEY GO TOGETHER AND OF COURSE THAT ABOUT 75,000, ABOUT $75,000 IT CEASES TO MATTER AS MUCH AND THEN THERE'S THIS INVERTED U-CURVE WHERE THE MORE MONEY YOU HAVE IT'S HARDER TO TEACH THE KIDS CERTAIN VALUES. THE VALUE OF HARD WORK HARD WORK FOR WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE THE MONEY. SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE TO INSTILL CERTAIN VALUES IN YOUR CHILDREN LIKE GRACE SAID IT'S BEYOND THE MONEY. THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU DO REGARDLESS OF THE MONEY OR REWARD THAT WILL COME. AND I REALLY THINK IF YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE ALL THAT MONEY LEAVE SOMETHING TO THE CHILDREN AS LONG AS YOU TAUGHT THEM THE CORRECT VALUES. WHAT ARE WE WORKING SO HARD FOR. THE GREATEST GIFT IS THE VALUES. IT REALLY IS. I RECENTLY LEARNED THAT 85 PEOPLE POSSESS 47% OF WEALTH IN THIS COUNTRY I THINK WHAT HE'S TRYING TO SAY IS THE MACHINE MIGHT BE BETTER SPENT ELSEWHERE AND THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND RE-CREATE WEALTH IN A WAY THAT PERHAPS OTHER PEOPLE COULDN'T AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT VALUE. I THINK IT'S A GREAT VALUE TO INSTILL IN KIDS. WE'RE BUILDING A BUSINESS IS OUR FAMILY AND WE WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE A LEGACY FOR OUR KIDS. WHETHER OR NOT THAT LEGACY IS THE BUSINESS THE MAN TOLD MOVE FORWARD TO EARN YOUR OWN LIVING VERSUS A POT OF

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